The Witness Generation

My generation?

Grew up on TV

in color

Raised by moms

at home

Ate McDonald’s

unknowing GMO’s

My generation?

Can rewind

a tape

Can hear the

dial-up tone

Can feel

arcade joysticks

My generation?

Now rents

instead of owns

Now works

instead of parents

Now struggles

instead of thrives

My generation?

Remembers

homes

Remembers

pensions

Remembers

dreams

My generation?

Had to work

retail

Had to take

2 or 3 gigs

Had to pay

debts

My generation?

Got shafted

Got played

Got bubcus

And no deal

While your generation

Got college funding

Got starter housing

Got social security

And a New Deal

And yet you blame us

For not achieving the same with less investment

For not overcoming our “minor” hardships

For complaining about our unfair hand

Which we only know we were dealt

Because our generation

Grew up watching yours

[For a kinder and more nuanced debate on this topic try this article: https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/10/who-destroyed-the-economy-the-case-against-the-baby-boomers/263291/]

[For more dispassionate facts on the differences across generations try this data: https://www.pewsocialtrends.org/essay/millennial-life-how-young-adulthood-today-compares-with-prior-generations/]